I find moments I want to share with people – a moment that is like one plus one equals two, a mathematical correctness when the light and structure and my feeling all shake hands. When I turn a corner, I might find it.
Born and raised in Japan, A-CHAN /Ayumi Furuta worked with Masafumi Sanai in 1996 while completing her bachelor’s degree in photography at Tokyo Kogei University. Her career began photographing advertisements, CD jackets and magazines editorials. In 2006, she moved to New York and began working as co-editor and printer with Robert Frank. She has co-edited and co-designed a number of Frank’s books including “Tal Uf Tal Ab” (2010), “Pangnirtung” (2011) and “You Would” (2012), to name a few.
A-chan has since exhibited her photographs and held slide shows at galleries in Tokyo and N.Y.C. She has held exhibitions at notable galleries such as Steven Kasher Gallery and has had several books published by Steidl. When Steven Kasher gallery posed the question of what photography is to her, her response was ‘For me, it is more like things in the refrigerator next to scallion. But also a key to accept me or to be a better person or something like that.’
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2019
Published book – Y-31 – by Homeparkpress
2018
Exhibition – LIGHTING STORE – at Gallery 456, Chinese American Arts Council, NY
Exhibition – Sky and cloud, winter and spring – +81 Gallery, NY
2017
Exhibition – Sky and cloud, summer and autumn – +81 Gallery, NY
Exhibition – Salt’n Vinegar – at MUNO, Rainroots, Nagoya
Published book and DVD – atsuihi – by MUNO
2016
Exhibition – Salt’n Vinegar – at POST, Tokyo
Published Book – Salt’n Vinegar – Published by Steidl
2014
Group Exhibition – Domestic Ideals: Nostalgia and the Home – at Lesley Heller Workspace, NY
Group Exhibition – Slaves of Mimesis – at Steven Kasher Gallery
2013
Exhibition – VIBRANT HOME – at Steven Kasher Gallery, NY
Exhibition – off beat – at Steven Kasher Gallery, NY
2012
Published Book – Lighting Store – by Match and Company. Ltd
Published Books – VIBRANT HOME – and – off beat – by Steidl
2011
Exhibition – GOTHAM – at Impossible Project, Tokyo
2007- 2019
Started work with Robert Frank as Co-Editor and printer for publication by Robert Frank, including: Seven Stories, Tal Uf Tal Ab, Pangnirtung, You would, Park/Sleep, House Hold Inventory Record, Partida, What I have seen
2005
Exhibition – Country – at Factory, Tokyo
2004
DVD-Slide Show – ATSUIHI – at NADOR, Tokyo
Exhibition – BAN – at NADAR, Osaka
2003
Exhibition – ATSUIHI – at NADAR, Tokyo
2002
Published First Book – picture –
1998
Started career Photographing Advertisements, CD Jackets and working for various Magazines in Japan
1996
Assistant to Photographer Masafumi Sanai
1995-1999
Completed Bachelor’s degree in Photography at Tokyo Kogei University